Jazz at Plymouth Church
Music is critical to the culture at Plymouth Church. We pride ourselves on the quality of our performers and the energy and spirit it brings to our worship. Each of our performers are unique and special and make Plymouth's Jazz reputation one of the finest in the Bay Area. |
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Musicians at Plymouth Church |
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David Sturdevant, Plymouth Music Director
David Sturdevant's main instruments are guitar, keyboards and chromatic harmonica. He is the founder and leader of the San Francisco Medicine Ball Band playing all styles of music specializing in Swing, New Orleans and R&B for over 25 years. He has also played in the house band of San Francisco's famous Caffe Trieste for over 12 years. He also operates his own video production company. David serves as Plymouth Church’s music director. |
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David Miotke, Plymouth Pianist
Currently singing and playing piano at Max's Opera Cafe in San Francisco on Van Ness (Wednesday
through Sunday, starting at 7 p.m.), David specializes in performing the standard American songbook repertoire, Cole Porter, Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, etc. He is also about to release a new CD of original songs set to the poetry of Francis Brabazon entitled "In Dust I Sing." Many of these spiritually inspired pieces have been performed at Plymouth Church services over the past few years. David is available to play and sing at private parties, weddings, etc.
Click here to listen to David perform "From This Moment On" |
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Guest Soloists at Plymouth Church |
Lady Bianca
Rooted in the tradition of Gospel, Blues and Rhythm and Blues, singer/pianist/ songwriter Lady Bianca has a voice that cuts straight to the soul of the listener. Her own material takes on life's issues with insight and purpose. Lady Bianca has a style laced with humor and even a dash of Country and Western. She performs with Van Morrison and was named Bay Area Blues Vocalist of the Year. Lady Bianca is a frequent guest soloist & choir director for Plymouth Church. |
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Jamie Davis
Jamie Davis' rich baritone voice has been paired with the musical magic of some of the world's most famous talent. Davis counts Patty Austin, Tony Bennett, George Benson, the Count Basie Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney, Jimmy Cobbs, and Billy Cobham among the super stars he has performed with. Davis has traveled and performed extensively around the world as a headliner and as the lead vocalist for the Count Basie Orchestra. Jamie is a member and frequent soloist at Plymouth Church.
Click here to listen to Jamie perform "Angel Eyes" |
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Owen Davis
Owen Davis, an outstanding conga player has performed with the likes of Baba Olitunji, Dorthy Morrison, Motown’s Undisputed Truth, The Temptations, The Originals, Don Ho, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bobby Enriques, Les McCann, Steve Miller, Smoky, and Norton Buffalo & Friends. He is a part of the Plymouth Church family and adds his own unique talent to our services. |
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Yvonne Dawes
Yvonne Dawes, a Bay Area resident and Jazz, Blues and Gospel vocalist, regularly performs in hotels, restaurants, churches. She has made a personal appearance on “Jazz with Frankye Kelly” as a guest singer. Also a theatrical entertainer, Ms. Dawes has also taken part in the ensemble casting of Black Repertory’s presentation, “The Mahalia Jackson Story” and “The Josephine Baker Story”. As a Latin, Salsa and Modern Jazz dancer, she was an understudy with Move Dance Company, and has also performed with Ruben Aponte’s Dance Revu, a Latin Salsa dance company. In Spring of 2005, she played the role of a Tango dancer in an independent film entitled “Shut Up And Dance”. Her most current theatrical projects have been with Vallejo Music Theater for two musicals, “Ain’t Misbehavin” and "Sophisticated Ladies”. During her spare time, she performs with Senior centers. As a youth advocate interacting with young people in foster care and correctional centers, her vision is to incorporate music, dance and spoken word poetry into a therapeutically-based theatrical forum as a haven for safe self-expression and healing.
Click here to listen to Yvonne perform "Let Go"
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Mwanza Furaha
Mwanza Furaha has established herself as a skilled professional in a career that has spanned over fifty years. She is a gifted vocalist, actor, dancer and producer that has several years of PR/marketing under her belt. She has work with Jazz Legends and is a featured vocalist with the Medicine Ball Band and the Red Hot khachkas. She teaches performance development and voice privately. Mwanza is a member and soloist for Plymouth Church.
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Roger Glenn
Roger Glenn is recognized as one of the master flute and vibraphone players of the world, he has expanded his talents by playing the sax, clairnet, and oboe, and he continues to compose. In addition to being a solo artist, he has also performed with such giants of Jazz and Latin music as Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Cal Tjader and Rosemary Clooney. Roger plays regularly at Plymouth Church. |
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Gregory Jones
Gregory Jones is one of the Plymouth Church choir directors. He can be heard at various bay area venues and entertains for private parties. His song repertoire is over 100 songs from the 30s to today and has his own publishing company named Skitz Records (BMI).
To learn more about his band please visit his website. For free MP3s visit here
Click here to listen to Greg perform "Bottom Line" |
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Jeanette Morris, Singer
At a young age she was committed to her vocal aspirations. She amazed her family in her ability to perform complex gospel phrasing and trills, demonstrated handsomely by her mother.
At the tender age of 17, she auditioned and was accepted by the well known San Francisco based touring performing art troupe, "Black Light Explosion Company". This expanded her training in the theatre arts, inclusive of Jazz, Blues, and Afro-Cuban music. This provided opportunities to utilize her talents as a singer, dancer, actress, and performing throughout the U.S. and Canada.
After a few years Jeanette was offered a full scholarship from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her years at the conservatory expanded her vocal abilities.
Life experience has given her stage presentation a polished mature and professional elegance.
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Steve Randolph, Musician/Actor
Steve Randolph has performed for over thirty years on stages from SF to New York and Europe. Here in the Bay Area he has done shows at Martuni's, Foley's Irish House, Bobby Ryder's, Jillian's, the Jazz Cafe, Piafs, the Plush Room, USF, and San Francisco City College's Diego Rivera Theater and is a regular at the Cafe Trieste Berkeley Sunday afternoon concerts. He also performs for parties, weddings and meetings.
He is also a fine actor with over 36 roles under his belt. His broad range and talent allow him to do comedy and drama with equal ease and believability. To learn more about Steve and to hear a sample of his singing, please visit his website. |
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Deborah Winters
Vocalist/guitarist Deborah Winters is a vibrant performer who combines the elegance and sophistication of her extensive Jazz background with total command of a wide variety of popular music styles. With an emotionally captivating vocal quality and exquisite songwriting skills, her music is both spellbinding and uplifting. Deborah considers herself more of an "artist" than a highly trained musician in the technical sense as her drive comes more from a sense of intuitive freedom. Deborah is a frequent soloist at Plymouth Church.
Click hereto listen to Deborah perform "Fly Me to the Moon" |
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